New Concept Branch: Regions Tests Branches, with a Human Variable
In a world where some financial institutions have no branches at all, Regions Bank is sorting out how to provide customer service with a...
Automakers Boast: Hottest Vehicles Made in Alabama
As buying power increases, drivers are more willing to invest in new vehicles. The rising tide lifts all ships, and each of Alabama’s automakers...
REHAU: Not Your Dad’s Old Bumper or Paint Job
Business has never been better at the REHAU automotive plant in Cullman.
Sales will set a record in 2015, the facility will add at least...
Manufacturing Alabama – Breathtaking Turnaround
When the economic downturn struck Alabama, the state’s prominent automotive manufacturers faced industry-wide challenges as demand declined. Now that the economy shows signs of...
AAMA: The Next Production Line — R&D
If the South is to continue developing as an automotive corridor, it must create strong collaborative research centers that will spur continuing innovation at...
CAR study – South Competes with Mexico in Automobiles
The Southern Automotive Research Alliance (SARA), including Alabama and five other Southern states, recently funded research to determine strategies for boosting the region’s attractiveness...
Automotive Manufacturing – Keys to Keeping the Automotive Lead
Automotive manufacturing is alive and well in Alabama and surrounding Southeastern states, but the phenomenal growth the region has seen in the past few...
Statewide Database to Track Loans – McUsury Land
The U.S. economy is recovering and unemployment is at its lowest since the Great Recession. But such declarations givex little comfort to the many...
Gas Tax Low in Alabama By Using Less Gas – Running On Empty
Alabama Transportation Director John Cooper has an impressive background that includes six years as CEO of Avocent Corp., an information technology infrastructure company, as...
Private Equity – Alabama and the Lively Private Equity Market
Since the 2008 recession and tightening of bank lending, private companies have increasingly turned to private equity investors as a source of growth capital...